TURKEY – Thousands of protesters marched to Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday (29 June 2013) chanting slogans against the government and police after security forces killed 18-year-old Medeni Yıldırım during a demonstration against the construction of a new gendarmerie outpost in the Kayacik village. The protest had been planned as part of larger unrelated anti-government demonstrations that have swept through the country since the end of May, but became a voice of solidarity CONTINUE READING

TURKEY – One person was killed on Friday in south-east Turkey as paramilitary forces fired shots to disperse hundreds of people protesting against the expansion of a police station, according to local officials. The victim was identified as 18-year-old Medeni Yıldırım. Nine people were also wounded, two of CONTINUE READING